[FalkeEins]

I well recall Mr Caldwell's last post on TOCH - it was an enquiry about the availability of Volume II of the JG 300 history (French edition) some two years ago - not surprising since Reichsverteidigung was almost exclusively the preserve of this Geschwader through September 44 to March 45 - by March 1945 JG300 was virtually the only Jagdgeschwader with an operational aircraft complement close to that of its theoretical stength. Mr Caldwell had nothing on the unit...even Ernst Schroeder had declined to help him in view of the imminent publication - or so we thought - of the JG 300 history. It would be ironic if Mr Caldwell now managed to get his work out ahead of this having no doubt masterfully exploited it....